How to stop the AI you’re using from training with your data

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There’s plenty to consider when it comes to deciding whether you want to engage with the many generative AI bots now available inside our apps.

The End review: Tilda Swinton sings of delusion in apocalypse musical

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Tilda Swinton plays a smothering mother in

Among the most polarizing of the movies shown at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival was The End, a two-and-a-half-hour musical about humanity's last days on Earth. 

Photos show Dubai overwhelmed by torrential rain

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Vehicles hardly move on flooded streets due to heavy rain in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on April 16, 2024.
Vehicles hardly moved on flooded streets because of heavy rain in Dubai on April 16.

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I'm not an only child, but I'm the only one responsible for having kids

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Twin brothers standing black and white
The author's twin brother was diagnosed with autism at age 2

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Photos show the impact of climate change on national parks

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woman on Grand Prismatic Spring Overlook at Yellowstone National Park
Climate change threatens many beloved US national parks, including Yellowstone.

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Indonesian tycoons are trying to build a new city, complete with a port, a theme park, and an F1 racetrack

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Buildings of the Jakarta skyline seen behind shanty houses.
Indonesian business tycoons want to turn a formerly poverty-stricken area in North Jakarta (not pictured) into a tourist hotspot.

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My wife and I have always known we don't want kids. We want to spend our time doing other things.

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The author and his now-wife don't want biological kids.

Courtesy of the author

Hurricane season is over, but the rise of storm-resistant homes in Florida is just getting started

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An aerial view of homes with solar panels on them next to a river.
The developer of Hunters Point — a community near Tampa Bay — has taken extra steps to protect its homes from hurricane-force flooding and winds.

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Spain approves law allowing 4 days of 'paid climate leave' after recent deadly floods

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A woman collects supplies from an excavator shovel from her flood-affected home in Massanassa, Valencia, Spain, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024
Floods devastated Valencia and other parts of Spain in October 2024.

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I respect my kids' decision not to have children. Now, I need to accept it means I won't be a grandmother.

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Silhouette of mother, baby, and grandmother at sunset.
The author's kids don't want to have their own children.

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